SOURCE: "The Pattern of Nightmare in Sanctuary; or, Miss Reba's Dogs," in Modern Fiction Studies, Vol. 15, No. 4, Winter, 1969-70, pp. 503-515.
In the following essay, Rossky sketches a pattern of stasis and paralysis which produces a nightmare effect in William Faulkner's Sanctuary, contributing to its criticism of modern society and its commentary on the human condition.
